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J Clin Microbiol. 1993 June; 31(6): 1609-1611

Clonal spread of vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium between patients in three hospitals in two states.

Division of Infectious Diseases, Wayne State University School of Medicine, Detroit, Michigan 48201.

ABSTRACT

The DNAs of 3* vancomycin-resistant Enterococcus faecium isolates from five hospitals in three states were analyzed by contour-clamped homogeneous electric field electrophoresis and plasmid analysis. There were 22 strain types. One strain type was common to patients in three hospitals in two states. These results suggest the apparent intra- and interhospital spread of vancomycin-resistant E. faecium.

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